Fern-watching (was Re: primate watching)

2007-08-21 Thread Madhusudan Katti
Right after I caught up with the primate-watching thread on Ecolog-l post the ESA meeting last week, I found a lovely article on fern- watching in the Aug 13 issue of the New Yorker, by Oliver Sacks. I was moved enough to write about it on my blog, and would like to share it here as the

Re: hunting & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and Transformations Re: primate watching

2007-08-14 Thread James J. Roper
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Re: primate watching

2007-08-14 Thread Dan Tufford
292 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.biol.sc.edu/~tufford -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura Marsh Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 6:34 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: primate watchi

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2007-08-14 Thread Wayne Tyson
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2007-08-13 Thread WENDEE HOLTCAMP
ts Sep 15. Sign Up Now! -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 2:43 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and Transformations Re: primat

Re: primate watching

2007-08-13 Thread Laura Marsh
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ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and Transformations Re: primate watching

2007-08-13 Thread Wayne Tyson
"WENDEE HOLTCAMP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 7:19 PM >Subject: primate watching > > > >I read something recently where someone was pondering whether we could > > create a system of primate watching, similar to birdwatching

Re: primate watching

2007-08-13 Thread James J. Roper
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Re: primate watching

2007-08-13 Thread Dan Tufford
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Re: primate watching

2007-08-13 Thread Judith S. Weis
riginal Message =0AFrom: William Silvert > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>=0ATo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Monday, August 13, 2007 6:40:18 >> A= > M=0ASubject: Re: primate watching=0A=0A=0AThis is an interesting idea, but > = > the analogy to bird-watching is weak. There =0Aare only a f

Re: primate watching

2007-08-13 Thread Julie Wieczkowski, Ph.D.
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Re: primate watching

2007-08-13 Thread James J. Roper
> bird > conservation is the habitat preservation by Ducks Unlimited, whose motive > is > to shoot ducks! > > Bill Silvert > > > - Original Message - > From: "WENDEE HOLTCAMP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 7:19 PM

Re: primate watching

2007-08-13 Thread William Silvert
: "WENDEE HOLTCAMP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 7:19 PM Subject: primate watching >I read something recently where someone was pondering whether we could > create a system of primate watching, similar to birdwatching, as a way to > channel funds

primate watching

2007-08-12 Thread WENDEE HOLTCAMP
I read something recently where someone was pondering whether we could create a system of primate watching, similar to birdwatching, as a way to channel funds into primate conservation. So instead of life lists for birds (or in addition to) they would have life lists for primates. I thought this